Gustave schwab



llniTnn STATES GUSTAVE SCHWAB, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO THE SOHWAB MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

ALBUM-SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 598,818, dated February 8, 1898.

Application filed July 31, 1897. Serial No. 646,664. (No model.)

To a whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GUSTAVE SCHWAB, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented new anduseful Improvements in Album-Supports, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to obtain a novelty in album-supports; and the invention resides in the novel features of construction set forth in the following specification and claims and illustrated in the annexed drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of the albumsupport sectioned along m 00, Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is aside elevation showing parts in a different posi: tion from that occupied in Fig. 1. Fig. 4: is a section along y L Fig. 1. Fig. 5 shows a modification. Fig. 6 isa detail sectional view of Fig. 5.

A table or support 1 is shown with a screwnipple 2, to which is screwed or detachably connected a support or rod 3. A foot 4:, of globular or other suitable form, is tapped centrally, as at the nipple 5, for the engagement or detachable securing of rod 3 and also tapped laterally, so that the legs 6 can be screwed or detachably secured to the foot.

The table 1 supports or has fixed thereto a hollow foot 7, which is slotted, as seen at 8, and at said slotted part is provided with a hinge-pin or pintle 9. A brace 10 11 is slotted, as seen at 12. This slot-and-pin connection 12 and 9 allows the brace to swing and slide. The upper end or brace part 10, being suitably bent or hooked, forms a handle portion for enabling the brace to be readily grasped or manipulated. The brace. being drawn along by handle part 10 until its foot part or end 11 has been drawn as close as possible to pintle 9 and said brace being raised to vertical or standing position and its end 11 being slipped or allowed to sink into the hollow foot 7, said brace, as seen in Fig. 1, will be held or secured in vertical or upright position. Lifting the brace end 11 out of the hollow part of foot 7 and into the slot of said foot allows the brace to be swung to horizontal position or parallel to the table and to be slipped or laid onto the latter, as seen in Fig. 3. i

The brace is shown with a cross-arm 13,

having hooks or engaging portions 1 1 for enfrom the connections 14.

WVhen the brace,with the depending album,

is in upright position, the contents of such album can be thus viewed. Should it be preferred to view the album in flat position I or lying on the table,such albums need not be dismounted from the brace, but the latter, as seen in Fig. 3, can be slipped acrossor onto the table, and the album, carried or moving with the brace,will thus be brought to lie flat or on the table-top.

V The album being closed and held shut by its clasp 19, the entire device can be carried about by the rod 3, the album hanging or lying across the table being prevented. by the engaging portions 1 1 and 16 from slipping on dropping out of place as long as the albumback 18 is inclined or faces downward or toward the floor or ground.

The table 1, rod 3, foot 4, and legs 6 being de tachable or capable of being unscrewed from one another, the device so taken apart can be compactly packed, as for shipping, and readily assembled or mounted when required, and one or more parts of the device can be polish ed, ornamented,or covered, or left plain, if seen fit. The table might be made of box form or provided with a drawer or receptacle or constructed in any suitable way desired.

An album depending from the upright brace and opened can have its front or opening cover 20 drop or be supported by table 1, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. l.

The device can be modified. For example,

in Figs. 5 and 6 the foot 7 is not hollowed out, the brace being held in upright position by a ring or tube 21,which when slid or moved to clasp both the foot 7 and the brace will hold the latter upright. Moving the tube or sleeve 21 to releasing position, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 5, will free the brace 10 11, so that the latter can swing and slide.

The foot 7 and brace 10 11 are shown in Fig. 1 so arranged that when the brace is standing it is practically in vertical position; but such brace when standing could, if seen fit, be made to incline or be thrown backward at a suitable angle. In Fig. 5 the brace is shown somewhat inclined.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. An album-support comprising a standard, a brace slidably and pivotally mounted thereon, means on said brace for engaging an album,and means for securing said brace in an upright position, substantially as described.

2. An album-support comprising a standard, a brace slidably and pivotally mounted thereon, said brace having a cross-arm and hooks or engaging devices for engaging an album-cover, and means for securing said brace in an upright position, substantially as described. 3. An album-support comprising a standard, a foot secured thereon having a pin, a brace slidably and pivotally mounted on said foot and having a slot engaging said pin, means on said brace for engaging an album, and means for securing said brace in an upright position, substantially as described.

4. An album-support comprising a standard, a hollow, slotted foot secured thereon, a pivot-pin at the slotted part of the foot, a brace slidably and pivotally mounted on said foot and having a slot engaging said pivot-pin and an end adapted to drop into the hollow foot whereby to hold the brace in an upright position, and means on said brace for engaging an album, substantially as described.

5. An album-support comprising a standard, a brace slidably and pivotally mounted thereon and having its upper end bent or hooked to form a handle, means on said brace for engaging an album, and means for securing said brace in an upright position, substantially as described.

6. An album-support comprising a brace, a table on which said brace is made to slide and swing, and means substantially as described for securing the brace in upright position, said table having a ledge adapted to support the back of an album depending from the brace, substantially as described.

7. An album-support, consisting of a table having a ledge constructed to support the back of an album, a foot-piece mounted on the table, a brace having a sliding and swinging connection with the foot-piece and constructed to fold down upon the ledge on the table, and means for securing the brace in an upright position, substantially as described.

8. An album-support comprising a table provided with a screwnipple and with a swinging slidable brace, means substantially as described for securing the brace in upright position, a rod or support screwed or detachably secured to the nipple, a foot detachably secured to the rod, and legs detachably screwed or secured to the foot, said foot being centrally and laterally tapped for the attachment of the rod and legs, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GUSTAVE SCI-IWAB.

Witnesses:

WM. 0. HAUFF, E. F. KASTENHUBER. 

